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First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro
The vital and central task of the African National Congress today is the intensification of the armed struggle for the overthrow of the white fascist regime…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency JG Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa; Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town 11 February 2010 …
Archive2002 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2002
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, THABO MBEKI, TO THE JOINT SITTING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Cape Town, 8 February 2002 …
Chapter 5 -The Character, Role and Significance of SASO
In this chapter I now interpret the character, role and significance of SASO. To this end, I draw on the analysis of the previous two chapters, the chapter…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
Introduction European interest in Zimbabwe can be traced to the 18th century. This began with the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1858, who befriended…
Control: 1910 - 1948
Intervention from Above: The 1913 Native Land Act "Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913, the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave,…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
The overthrow of Portugal’s Prime Minister, Marcello Caetano, on 25 April 1974 hailed a watershed moment for the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique,…
Zulu Community
Late nineteenth century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 apartheid system of…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
This article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Overcoming Adversity from All…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, won the national election on a platform of racism and segregation under the slogan of 'apartheid’…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
President of the National Assembly; Your Excellency, President Jose dos Santos; Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, I come to this…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
Centurion is an area with 236,580 inhabitants situated between Pretoria and Johannesburg. The area’s proximity to Midrand and Pretoria makes it a popular…
PlacePlettenberg Bay, Garden Route
The Town of Plettenberg Bay lies almost on the border of the Western and Eastern Cape. "Built on the hillside, most of the Town is on a steep slope leading…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I…
PlaceNamibia
Namibia, a former German colony, is situated towards the north west of South Africa. It is predominately covered by the Namib Desert. The Orange River marks…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Hon Deputy President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Honourable Members, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 4 - Participatory Democracy
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner A Christian society is one in which we prefer people to things, a society based on freely expressed…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
It had taken nearly two years of talks almost exclusively between the ANC and the NP to address the obstacles preventing multi-party negotiations. The path to…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising that is also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt. It occurred during a period of economic depression…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
While the South African press readily covered stories of those having committed acts of treason or communism during the apartheid era, little attention was…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
Question: On the night of the 12th/13th of August, a unit of the People`s Army shelled Voortrekkerhoogte, the Headquarters of the racist SADF with, according…
A Marxist critique of the Freedom Charter
A Marxist critique of the Freedom CharterThe first fundamental flaw of the Freedom Charter is that it is based on the assumption that in the current period…
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
Your Excellency Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Honourable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. Democracy and Renaissance in Africa: In…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Durban, 2 September 1998
Chairperson Your Majesties and Your royal Highnesses Distinguished Secretaries General of the OAU and the United Nations Honourable Ministers and…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS Upington, 27 April 1997
(Original Version. See below for English Translation) Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Northern Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
Mr. President, The Honourable Heads of State Your Excellencies Honourable Ministers Allow me to express my great appreciation to you for affording me the …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada Ottawa, 18 June 1990
Mr. Speaker; Honourable Prime Minister; Distinguished leaders of the opposition parties; Elected representatives of the people of Canada; Ladies and…